The only thing that gives an idea about the motive or ideology of the killer are what was inscribed on the bullets. The inscriptions on the bullets link him to 4chan groypers. However, the dude didn't vote in the past two elections. I can't really make sense of it. But I agree, the far right is trying really hard to paint the guy as a lefty, claiming that he was in a relationship with his MTF roommate. I can't find a credible source to verify this, I'm only seeing that argument posted on Fox and Newsmax.
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Whether he's right or left, he was radicalized by what he heard from the right.
How do you know?
Edit: stop being Reddit, Lemmy! You don't down vote someone for wanting to know more information lmao. Asking a legitimate question, wtf.
A direct quote from that source:
While there is no clear evidence yet that Tyler Robinson was a formal member of Fuentes’ community, a Facebook photo suggests he engaged with Groyper memes.
I wouldn't say that is conclusive he was a groyper. Seems we still don't have enough evidence to figure out what his leanings where
I like how the headline of that article already has him convicted before they have any evidence, or an actual conviction. But in the first paragraph they say he's a suspect. Gotta get them clicks amirite.
I'm not right-wing, but I do believe in justice, and I know what that looks like. I haven't seen it yet in this case.
Got a better link? That mobile site is 100% convinced I have an ad blocker.
Nick Fuentes, groyper leader and homophobe, accidentally began streaming gay porn before turning off his live feed. 4chan is famous for both misogyny and transphobia, as well as both cis and trans pornography.
Having a trans partner doesn't mean you're not a nazi, and considering how easily the feds got his chat logs, I don't think his 'partner' was all that into him. John Hinckley Jr didn't kill to further Jodie Foster's agenda. Do you think Tyler Robinson engraved groyper memes onto bullets before being 'brainwashed by the left,' and then decided to used them in the shooting anyway?
The entire political landscape has been radicalized by the right.
The far right hears what they say and agree.
The far left hears what they say and are threatened.
The moderates (left and right) hear what they say and are desensitized.
The centrists hear what they say and become apathetic.
The Dems/left are trying to convince people to give a shit, but not so much that they get violent.
Whatever Tyler Robinson's personal beliefs were is irrelevant
I hate that they have us playing this game, we can agree that murder is wrong without venerating Charlie Kirk and without throwing a group of people under the bus, because if we wanted to play that game... well we don't need Tyler Robinson.

But, of course, none of that really matters because it's not really about who's right or wrong. It's about them having an excuse to kill people they disagree with.
Conservatism is always about giving people an other, and in this case the other is defined as anyone who stands in their way, and they're pointing them at us with a gun.
Because at the end of the day the only real Us and Them is the rich and the poor and they know it so they keep us busy fighting a culture war so we don't fight the class war.
There are people who legitimately look at a chart like that and think, “hmm, yes, both sides are doing it.”
we can agree that murder is wrong
Across the board? Fuck no, we can't.
his beliefs is totally relevant as are may of the shooters in america. as many of them are super-alt right.
I read an article in a conservative comm that was tripping all over itself to say he was leftist. Have you heard the roommate was trans? Better mention that 3 times. Groyper? Obviously that means he was far left and far right simultaneously.
It’s too early to tell his current political affiliation or motivation. The right is saying he was dating his trans roommate and pissed at Kirk’s anti-trans stance. The left is saying he was so far right that he believed Kirk was too liberal. Everything is speculation. The only people with thorough knowledge of his motives are the investigators.
The only people with thorough knowledge of his motives are the investigators.
Well, and the killer, one would think.
I think you give to much credit to the investigators. Most of the decent ones got fired and this episode shows that competence isn't their greatest asset.
Two things can be true though. The investigators might not be competent but they still have more knowledge on the motives than random people online who seem to only be parroting the information that they've read and agree with.
in any case it's a safe bet to say he's far right because something like 90% of american terrorism cases are far right
Well, one of those is base speculation by a guy who was praying it was done by an immigrant and the other is informed speculation based off hard evidence that had been released publicly. I'll let you figure out which is which.
While it's clearly bullshit to claim that Robsinson was a leftist, it also seems dishonest to paint him as right-wing. Especially his motive remains shrouded in mystery and certainly can't be boiled to "Kirk wasn't right-wing enough" at this point. It all seems super ambiguous, there's no simple explanation there.
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-leaked-messages-from-charlie
You need to remember that right wingers are pretty terrible at recognizing their own bias. When Robinson's friends are like 'we're a completely political neutral discord, praise God almighty', you need to understand what's actually being said when they also claim that Robinson was 'politically neutral.'
A recent shared chat conversation (not quite so verified, take it with a grain of salt) cited him saying Kirk was just too hateful.
That’s a very broad thought any human can come to, even without “subscribing to left wing ideologies”.
If you want to avoid political assassination in America, tone down hateful rhetoric, tone down guns. Whichever side owns them.
Do you have a list of where these meme rules are? I ducked-ducked-went, and gargled, but no dice.
So the kid can only strain if he's only holding farts, and not refraining from screaming?
Is there an appeal process? I'm asking bc you seem well-meme-versed.


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